American Crimes

A new inmate tries to adjust to life in jail, but finds himself with a target on his back and the victim of violence; a drug smuggling scheme is uncovered in the jail's mailroom and a suspect is identified.

A dangerous drug makes a comeback in the city of Hackensack, but this time with an "all in the family" twist; inmates are provided with cameras to record their intimate thoughts.

A familiar face struggles to escape the jail's revolving door, but there's a catch; another inmate has pled guilty to manslaughter, but now in an unusual legal twist, he may have to stand trial for murder.

One inmate contends that a law could put him away forever; an inmate sentenced to life without parole prays that a new law will set him free.

A massive search for contraband throughout the facility turns up the heat on two inmates inside the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution; a convict prompts an evacuation when he floods his housing unit.

Vitaly Borker scores $18 million selling designer knock-off eyewear as genuine from his website in Brooklyn, N.Y.; when customers complain, they are threatened with violence, even murder.

A trio of Texas conmen score $100 million by telling investors there's big money in the life settlement insurance business.

A charismatic New Mexico real estate broker scams $75 million in a fake land investment program.

Nicholas Cosmo pleads guilty to federal mail fraud and wire fraud in 2009 for his involvement in a Ponzi scheme that resulted in losses of more than $195 million.

Twin brothers make millions from the illicit sale of oxycodone and other drugs out of their South Florida pain clinics.

A neighborhood ice cream parlor in West Roxbury, Mass., lands the Palladino family in a major case of fraud.

The Broadway premiere of "Rebecca" implodes thanks to New York stockbroker Mark Hotton, who allegedly swindles millions of dollars from investors.

A fraudster in California promises to build a medical glove factory in the U.S. and steals millions of dollars from investors.

James Henrikson schemes to strike it rich in the North Dakota oil fields, and he lets no one get in his way; when they do, they die.

A school supply vendor steals millions from Detroit public schools by enlisting shady school officials; crooks use photos of real military men to lure women into sending them love and money.

Vitaly Borker scores $18 million selling designer knock-off eyewear as genuine from his website in Brooklyn, N.Y.; when customers complain, they are threatened with violence, even murder.

A trio of Texas conmen score $100 million by telling investors there's big money in the life settlement insurance business.

A charismatic New Mexico real estate broker scams $75 million in a fake land investment program.

Nicholas Cosmo pleads guilty to federal mail fraud and wire fraud in 2009 for his involvement in a Ponzi scheme that resulted in losses of more than $195 million.

Twin brothers make millions from the illicit sale of oxycodone and other drugs out of their South Florida pain clinics.

A neighborhood ice cream parlor in West Roxbury, Mass., lands the Palladino family in a major case of fraud.

The Broadway premiere of "Rebecca" implodes thanks to New York stockbroker Mark Hotton, who allegedly swindles millions of dollars from investors.

A fraudster in California promises to build a medical glove factory in the U.S. and steals millions of dollars from investors.

James Henrikson schemes to strike it rich in the North Dakota oil fields, and he lets no one get in his way; when they do, they die.

A school supply vendor steals millions from Detroit public schools by enlisting shady school officials; crooks use photos of real military men to lure women into sending them love and money.

Vitaly Borker scores $18 million selling designer knock-off eyewear as genuine from his website in Brooklyn, N.Y.; when customers complain, they are threatened with violence, even murder.

A trio of Texas conmen score $100 million by telling investors there's big money in the life settlement insurance business.

A charismatic New Mexico real estate broker scams $75 million in a fake land investment program.

Nicholas Cosmo pleads guilty to federal mail fraud and wire fraud in 2009 for his involvement in a Ponzi scheme that resulted in losses of more than $195 million.

Twin brothers make millions from the illicit sale of oxycodone and other drugs out of their South Florida pain clinics.